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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

"Knowing"...

I have been corrected behind the scenes... "Knowing" film prints were from a 2K file. Even more impressive.

Jim
 
Jannard said:
I have been corrected behind the scenes... "Knowing" film prints were from a 2K file. Even more impressive.

Jim
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Holy crap, that's awesome!!

I still remember being at your warehouse/lair a year or so ago and seeing PJs footage being projected 2k and standing close and realizing that my eyes would get blurry and overloaded from being so close before I could see pixels from the 2k! After that, I don't get the fascination with more pixels. I'm now just about latitude and frame rate :-)
 
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Correct. Shot build 15 (for the most part), 2k finish. Great DI grade from Park Road Post. Looking forward to Simon Duggan's article when its done.
 
I'm very happy that "Knowing" is opening soon in theaters with a hope that should finally

"help" and "accelerate" broader use of RED1 in Hollywood mainstream productions.

My prediction is that "Knowing" is going to be the box office in its opening week too.

BTW, also I'm proud that with my RED kit I can make a similar picture quality

that was shawn in "Knowing" trailer(s).

Please have a look at the pictures below to compare:

knowing_botanical1.jpg

The picture taken from "Knowing" trailer, shot on RED1, lens unknown...

knowing_botanical2.jpg

Shot on RED1 last Fall at Vienna Botanical Garden Belvedere, lens Nikon 17-35mm, f/4, 320 ASA, resized and

cropped from 4K to 1920x800 (HD widescreen), Camera RGB RED Log out CC in Apple Color and Sapphire Film Effects plug in for FCP.
 
Jannard said:
One thing I had forgotten was that almost the entire movie was shot on Build 15. (Reminder- Build 16 was the "monumental build"...)

Jim
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Uncompressed? Or apart VFX, using Redcode compression in a hundred per cent?
 
Maria Costa said:
Uncompressed? Or apart VFX, using Redcode compression in a hundred per cent?
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The entire movie was shot on the RED one camera, and the red one camera only shoots with redcode compression.

We did switch to build 16 for the second unit work, but only that.
 
Jannard said:
Simon Duggan (cinematographer of "Knowing") told me yesterday that it was too bad it had to be shown on film... looked so much better/cleaner 4K digital... I hope he is OK with me sharing that. :-)

Jim
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I've never seen a 35mm projection that looks as good or close to a pristine 4K projection.
It's a new look we'll get accustomed to more and more.
Then...it will become the reference.

As you'd say Jim, things will change... :)

Antoine
 
Jannard said:
Simon Duggan (cinematographer of "Knowing") told me yesterday that it was too bad it had to be shown on film... looked so much better/cleaner 4K digital... I hope he is OK with me sharing that. :-)

Jim
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Hi Jim,

Hardly a suprise, film also looks better if it does not go through a DI & transfreed back to film.

Stephen
 
Stephen Williams said:
Hi Jim,

Hardly a suprise, film also looks better if it does not go through a DI & transfreed back to film.

Stephen
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Hi Stephen,

don't forget that BRD (Blu{e}-Ray Disk) of "BARAKA" (shot with Todd-AO 65 mm or 70 mm, restoration and DI in 4K)

looks much better than BRD of "There Will Be Blood" (shot and cut on film) that didn't have any DI.
 
It is an alternative camera that speaks to alternative filmmakers...Steven Soderbergh and Alex Proyas to name two...Proyas has made two of my favourite films - being The Crow and Dark City and he has a defined visual style that lends well to the RED. Next up David Lynch...he's already in the digital mind with the PD-150, won't be long before he picks up a Scarlet! Who next in the big leagues...Peter Jackson? Ridley Scott? Michael Mann?
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
I'm very happy that "Knowing" is opening soon in theaters with a hope that should finally

"help" and "accelerate" broader use of RED1 in Hollywood mainstream productions.

My prediction is that "Knowing" is going to be the box office in its opening week too.
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Definitely. This movie has been advertised like hell on Myspace for the past few months, so you know its gonna rake in a lot of the teenagers.
 
It might do really well, I think it will do moderately well and last for a good few weeks. At the moment Slum Dog is still king, Benjamin Button didn't do too well at box office surprisingly/not surprisingly and Gran Torino is doing very well at the moment.
 
Just watched Knowing...!!!

Just watched Knowing...!!!

Just came back from watching "Knowing" here in Orlando (sneak preview). I am so amazed about the quality of the footage the "scam" called Red One can achieve...!!!
 
George Wilcox said:
Those who know, know that they know. Those who don't know, don't know that they don't know.
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Well...I don't know about that...
Or maybe I do...
I used to be infallible...I think....
Or maybe not.
Look forward to seeing the movie anyway.
 
Luis Otero said:
Just came back from watching "Knowing" here in Orlando (sneak preview). I am so amazed about the quality of the footage the "scam" called Red One can achieve...!!!
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Storyline aside (this is very subjective), the images do not look like video at all, but was not a typical film look. This has been discussed many times before: this is a completely new breed that must be judged by its own merits, and not to be compared with other mediums.

All the comments, specially from film school students present, were very positive, and discused with a proper open view attitude, knowing that we are in a new era in cinematography, which they are part of, and will have a lot of influence on their point of reference when evaluating the images being produced with such new breed. Veryinteresting... and beautiful images.
 
hmmm... regardless of what it was shot on, it stands at a 27% on rottentomatoes.com and I don't know why, but making a bad movie seems to hurt ticket sales. Exception to the rule though, last years "Hancock" had a low tomato score but a lot of people saw it. Personally I want to see "Knowing" because I'm into these kinds of movies and I like that they shot on the RED.
 
Roger Ebert gave it 4/4 stars, and says it's one of the best sci-fi films he's seen - and compares it to Dark City.
 
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